I saw your requests to the LinuxBIOS mailinglist and other lists before, asking interesting questions and never coming up with anything after that, so I keep this really short. If you are serious with your attempt come back with more detailed questions rather than a list of links.
Stefan
Hi Stefan :),
I am currently a student in computer science.
Here is my ultimate goal :
http://lists.duskglow.com/open-graphics/2006-October/007834.html
Full-fledged Open Source PC based on cutting-edge stuff :
Power PC, K42 or a libOS ... on a *high-end* motherboard.
To learn only one language (powerful enough to enjoy all this computing power :).) will be easier ( get rid of java and C ... ). => we need mature solutions from dependent type theory and CSP for massive parallelism and verification...
I can spend my life to support legacy stuff but this is useless, I am waiting the right time to start up. Geneseo Initiative, Open Game Platform, SLOF, K42, Y0 seem to be good start points and its only the beginning ...
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~greg/
Y0: (y-naught) A next generation functional programming language. The focus of this project is a synthesis of good ideas from the ML, Haskell, Scheme, and LF communities. In particular, we are designing a language that like ML and Scheme, is primarily call-by-value, but like Haskell, provides good support for laziness. As in Haskell and FX, we are attempting to isolate effects and reflect them in the types. As in Haskell, O'Caml, and LF, we are trying to push the boundaries of type systems and type inference to the next level. Currently, I am working with Amal Ahmed, Mathew Fluet, and Aleks Nanevski on issues involving state and effects. I am also working with Norman Ramsey & Paul Govereau on integrating type-classes with ML-style modules.
For example, I was interested in the Coyotos and Hurd project. But all this stuff is too much x86 related ... The K42 team spent more 9 years of work on this project, so we can't explore so many ways in a whole life ... That's I post so many links and try to see what happens. I go forward, quitely but surely ... :)
Best Regards,
Will
Give me a microcontroller, then feel the power ...